ASHT Blog
Posted by Dianna Lunsford, OTD, OTR/L, CHT on July 20, 2020
The first two weeks of March 2020, I traveled to Malaga, Spain with eight students and a fellow faculty member. This was before there were coronavirus outbreaks noted in the area. This international experience was created to develop students via a Level I fieldwork placement through cultural…
Posted by Tara Ruppert, OTD, OTR/L, CHT on July 13, 2020
Attention all ASHT members! It is time to recognize and award our colleagues who have made significant contributions to our field. ASHT offers multiple awards at the Annual Meeting, all of which recognize the hard work and accomplishments of distinguished individuals:
The Nathalie Barr Lectureship…
Posted by Kimberly Masker, OTD, OTR/L, CHT on July 09, 2020
Vision is a destination – a fixed point to which we focus all effort. Strategy is a route – an adaptable path to get us where we want to go. — Simon Sinek
Unforeseen life events can necessitate a pivot. Sometimes the burden of sudden change can be overwhelming and it is hard to know what the next…
Posted by Diane Coker, PT, DPT, CHT on July 06, 2020
June 12 was “Loving Day.” Did you miss it? It is not a designated federal holiday, but I like the concept of having a day not devoted to just one group or another, but a day dedicated to showing love toward all. June 12 is not actually a day about love as an emotion, but the day the US Supreme…
Posted by Cindy Clare Ivy, M.ED, OTD, CHT on June 29, 2020
“Medical consensus” is a public statement of medical knowledge on a particular topic that is generally agreed upon as evidence-based and state-of-the-art knowledge by a representative group of experts. [1] While consensus statements synthesize current information, they do not typically provide…